Improved curtain-fixture



dinard tant mnt @para Lette-rs Patent No. 90,571, dated May 25, 1869;antf'datul dlay 19, 1869.

IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part or thesame.

To all whom it may con/cern Bc it known that I, BENJAMIN MOSER, ofthecity and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in (iurtain-Fixturcs; and I dohereby declare the tbllowing to be a clear and exact description of thcnature thereof, sufiicient to enable others skilled in the art to whichmy invention appertaius to fully understand and use the same, referenceheilig had to the accompanying drawings, making part ol' thisspecification, in which- Figures l and 2 are front views of the deviceillustrat-ing my invention, showing the mode of tightening thepulley-cord.

Figure 3 is a side View thereof.

Figures 4 and 5 arc views of the fastening employed for securing thefixture in place.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thc severalfigures.

My invention is an improvement in curtain-fixtures, and consists innovel means for tightening the pulleycord; also, in adapting the buttonon which the cord runs, to swing in various positionsrelative to thedesired locality oi' the cord.

It further consists in a peculiar fastening for the fixture, as will behereinafter morel fully described.

In the drawings- A represents a section of a door or window-frame, or ofany place to which a curtain-fixture is to be applied.

B represents the button, on which runs the pulleycord.

Its shank is continued into an eye, c, which slides freely on a spindle,C.

. lhis spindle consists of a rod, of suitable material, havingscrew-threads cut or formed thereon.

It is turned or bent at one end, and connected to a plate, D, so that itshall stand at some distance from said plate, and be parallel therewith.

E are jam-nuts, which screw on the spindle C, and arranged on both sidesof the eye a ci' the button B.

The plate D is slotted vertically, and the slot is covered by anadditional plate, l), which is placed on the front face of the plate D.

An opening is made in the additional plate, and into this enters ascrewfpin, F, which is properly secured to the section A.

In the present case, this pin projects from an oblong plate, G, (seetig. 4,) which is connected to the section A by screws, or otherequivalent fastent:It will be seen that when the pin Fis in the openingof the plate b, there is a space behind this plate, owing to the slot inplate D.

The plate G iills up this space, while the pin F prot-rudes through theopening beyond the face of plate D.

A nut, H, screws on the pin F, and holds plate l) lirnily againstsection A.

The fastening is thereby concealed in neat manner, and with a convenientmode of operation.

The operation is as follows:

The serew-spimlle being in position, as shown in g. l, the cord isplaced on the button B, and tightened by forcingr the lat-ter down asfar as the nuts will carry it.

The jam-nuts inust be correspondingly operated toV The screw-pin F actsas an axis, whereby the plate D and screw-spindle O readily rotatetherein.

New semi-rotate them, and the spindle will assume y the position showninlig. 2, that is, with its free end pointing downward.

It will be perceived that the button may be moved over the spindle, fromthe position it occupied at the time of rotation, toward the free end ofthe spindle, thus gaining the ground upon which it rst moved, foradditional tightening of the pulley-cord.

The cord may be readily loosened or slackened, whenever desired, bymerely moving the jam-nuts.

Then the spindle is in the rst position, the upper nutis intended toprevent the upward movement of the button, while the lower nut tightensit and disallows its swinging to the right or left; but when the spindleis turned, the operation' and result are reversed.

In sonic cases, it may be desired to employ more than one button, as incases where shades orcurtains are to be let down from the top.

The button ymay also be intended to be placed on the right or left, oreven behind the screw-spindle.

This is easily donc, by unscrewing the proper nut, swinging the buttonin place, and then screwing up the lult again.

The construction of the several parts may be varied, but in theirpresent condition they produce a simple, convenient, and useful device.

Having thus described my invention, Y

XVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isn

1. Tghtening the pulley-cord, by means of the 1'0- mting screw-spindle,substantially as descxibed.

2. The swinging button B and the jam-nuts E,Ain combination wit-h thescrew-spindle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The pin F, in connectin with'nut H, for coneenling the fasteningbetween plate D and section A,

in combination with the screw-spindle, substantially as' described.

To the above, I have signed my name, this 31st day of October, 1868. y

Vitnesses: BENJAMIN MOSER.

WM. A. WIEDERSHEIM, H. M. W-IEDERsH-m.

